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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-28


The comfy Of treasurers, State and county
has been restored. and the money in the county
treasury belonging TO the State will be paid over
in few daya
Three new cases OF diphtheria and two of
scarlatina were reported at the city health Office
yesterday Several deaths from diphtheria have
occurred this week.
John W. Frank, an employe of the Capital
City planine-mill, living over No. 315 East
Washington street, was arrested last night on
the complaint OF his wife, who alleges that he
drew a revolver on her yesterday afternoon and
threatened to shoot her.
John II. Stoll, a mechanic. whose home is in
Noblesville, was declared insane yesterday by
commission composed of Drs Todd and Patter-
son and justices Smock and Feibeman. He has
He was not violent, hut was incapable of taking
care OF himself and refused to allow his relatives
to care for him.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday 10
John Winter and Louise Knauf, Oliver j. Kidd
and Lula Ayers. George Hardy and Cordy Fo-
land, j. Lawrence Kufresh and Lena l.. Stat
ford. Benara s. Dougherty ard Fannie b.
Charles. Abner Brown and Ellen j. Massey,
Gotteb Hitzrman and Mary Giesekim. James
Spears and Erlina Black, A. P. Ticknor and
Grace L. Newton.
HAUGHvILLE's NEW sTREET-cAR LINE.
The street-car line to Haughvie was put in
active operation yesterday morning. 1t will not
be operated Independent line, but every
other Insane Asylum car will be DETECTED to
Haughvi!le AS this is gwelve-minute line,
the intervals between the cars at HaughTle and
the asylum will be twenty-four miputss. The
fare has been reduced to cents on both
branches
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MOORE s. BARRETT. SO e. Market street.
JOS. A. MOORE. 81 East Market street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-28

CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A LOCOMOTIVE.
Joshua Craig. thirteen years Of age, living at
No 252 South Mississippi street, was run over
and killed by the Vandala express train ct
noon yesterday, just west of White river bridge.
He was engaged in picking coal along the
track. and perhaps misjudgine the spead Of the
train, did not give himself enough time to get
off the track. although he was attempting to do
so when struck. The remains were taken in
charge by Kregelo.
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THE SUN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1ss7.-sIxTEEN PAGES

let that bar 70 no Iuruer. out Jist DRAWN them
handy legs o hie'n t'gether. an lockin' one foot
over t'other I'M, he shet the caloric omen the
II d ben held In q WISE. The bar were In its
last kiehs ven ] apeared on the scen Usii,,y
nm a,u &c S,Ds tax YELLED an' tI hIi.sgY; 4. e t .Soo S.s its Ssfw'd
] hollered, 'spectin' to SOC 'em both come tum-
" Thatd kilt himP yelled Lippy. givin, his
legs an .extry. squeeze on. the bars gullet.
'That'd XIII him. an I haint .gointer to take
q mean advantage O. no durn bar II l sprain u
Pooty soon tie bar quit. kickin, an hung
Then Iippy unhooksd bis feet an ioosened the
grip Of his legs on the bar. an'down II soyzed
all In q heap on, the ground. Lippy he edged
handy legs round the trunk eH II he were a
quate an somebody had pitched him at the tree
pm mode. q ringer, he slid to the ground Ike q
bucket droppin' inter a well. Lippy .drawed
wat were left O. one sleeve acrost his face an
then Gays to me:
IT TOT him how I'd had to kill another bar
with mine afore ]. could stop 1t, an then We
heaped the. three bars together an went hum
fer help to lug EN- in. II ever tn were q roar
in time In Sugar. Swamp It kim on that night
an ye. kin bet th't me an. Lippy was thar!
IN that's the leetle plain statement Q, bars
II ms Sugar Swamp at TIT =. III M Eointe es,s e oh9 to s. a sIa
fhas R 'sTSsmsd q he q M.' saSi Gs.A' Il. 4 Z donSt,
then It'll be better fer him II he should hang q
millstun 'roun' his neck, or 60. on an. feed his.
self to one q Thorn half-ton Colorady b'sEs. dod
durn hfmp ED MOTT.
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a. mere T than 4 n ! sSss slas 3Ses ss's'! ve sSST IN sss
we're I ali aressers. they. wore soft black
hats, Pl sSiT,s clothes 9its hi, sie Saoss os{Ia ss0 snd lS Siss
and 'fhriiied bcsoms. They had a solitaire
breastpin and a big solitaire ring and one Of
n IaSse three RiS l0 of ,o oSla ti Gns,n ana aohfa asns sGan do sRa
but wine. ana they'd ride across re street il
They were fine feilows;, educated men. who
could talk to any one about anything, and as
&c l ssm q fsal 81 : ea%e sS sn s svsrs say Scss nh fSSt sssa as Is
a ErH ssS deal q m ans the f9sR n'f HopE Eas lhIshki Ky, lose
up and never, mind Il particularly. Man! a
a ss%s s ssS e sinss a ans st Rlns and 'pi pls sfi ths ON ms n.
Men S Sffsn iSst s shsIr goods good b plas,ing . ip bo fIhe If
mon to hear an old planter betting of his mig
gers on q good hand. Every man who ever
them ali tn. way from $500 to $500. I saw .
I mssis ssio5 Isish boy ia a s Iissie S iipps At &C.; sSs. TO sa sast a his
good on earth. The niggers didn't seem to
care psItisulaTIy ab9Yt Il and 4 was 50 com
bling lin . was s sommon nSs' then ~ pA'"00'''''' o"n'
tho W siSsS; a / lbc %s'r If. n Ssps sll PIT L esaeSsa t Sen
games, and monte .running.1n the cabin. and
the deckhands playing. at ,chuck-a-luck. The
gam6leF rs would Ice come In dtsguisMsd Il hayssedd
be four or five or. q boat, all supposedly
strangers to each other, and playing into each
and the Captain would get hot. When o pas
senger would squeal the, Captain would ask
him to pick out the man who, robbed him. and
the stun and get of the boat anywhere the
Captain chose 70, run her In. The boys used to
hnvA nla yvhfaknro md mir fNr fhnnA an
~casions. 80 that when the kick was made they
couldn't be picked out under their DISCUSSES.
Many q time I've known them to jump of tho
boat into the water. before the boat landed to
get away. before the kick was made and the VIC
tim could look at the, passengers to find out his
There wasn't much prosecuting then II a fellow
was caught. The Captain was boss. and he
made the mar give UP. put hin of the boat.
and that settled 1t. They didn't jug q man
right away. They wore great old times then,
and they'll never com back"
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quit The, dogs and make for us. We were vsw-

i GS1t t he b sSfs e about %Af III. ,o PAGES ss ~ N'r. "'N.
no Ths sa assi1. aseisrd q KS GsG lnts mt %o 81 SslSHs .Se
to persuade him that he had better not be fool
fssS Se t Would yit sta tsT . s soUd IN ohs snSs e q f1 scstins
badly manied. But he Insisted that no had
done the same thing in India plenty Of times
WIZ He t spos sdd q o. w soe fS q .n nca SSs,a aS / e asi the
what their. master was going to do, r%edoubIed
absorbed, however. but that he saw his new
ack. The dogs would not allow this, how
ssis up na 70 r &c ~ sP hl% %ltS t a5s'n usual r".fe so na%i
embrace. The Englishman was then, within
hall. q dozen PAGES Of the bear. Each dog q
Just i" besneatR The Shoulders, 'S and they we're
hold him from making any aggressive move
It was, a thrilling. vet really a comical sight.
after all-the, bear. about five feet high, stand
Ing bolt upright, champinR bis teeth and foam
e III wl, slds sa ssd T the hs g aas sdRs 1niSaliGs on aa% him I'm
knife In hand For the world. I couldn't help
Who R RaSu yastsr " BIN Sim do nan and tie man. some
stern minion OF the law, stepping forward to
As the Englishman stepped up almost to
dogs; In 2 .win 1ha S.a they Sva red 6T lied t their
psTti1 i Hsltfh his Sns Bslsncs. f2 Boi sh,s RS nsa re-.
1t, the old Indian sportsman sprang
i snJ Ard; made n.snDoGG S SuiSSk lr ne E Ssar the ssr SSTi L;
Elm s saSae siispB but u. SS't blow csn ne" too late; he
only beat The air. The dogs still held on, the
crimson stream spurted from the knife.wound
6 sssa as9% to t ssss ss1ot The 81 dogs ssq lsft PHI Him .h and Ss Ss
rolled over and expired. 1t was cleverly done.
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HIRAM HOWE,s NEPHEW
Boatins K~entuckians ut Draw Psksr sA sAs
CSney Islaaa Boulevard.

10AGnn8 A0DtuCk101o ~ Df0W TokOF On ne
Coney Islaaa Boulovard.
Many frequenters of race courses and trot-
az s5slr . SSTsss siSSps E{4s 3 S'Gsm is #SS.| S0S!sSsSd:
Albert Il rca1 Albert is si a remsrR.b aeT man n'R as I:
smaller and weighs less thar Tom Thumb aid
mass = NJ fortune s t P9 .s s2Gb Tsn him i9 hq IF r . sas
not for a deformity that mars the symmetry Of
Albert's form he WOULD, be the most famous
he Ssh has Re aiaed't the = age as' 1t a.H Which GSb'd the e' Sair q
some mon begins to turn gray. ne has the piping
Eh9 ever backed = horse or played On upIin.
lore. and often talks about the performance q
4 FiS5s T 81 M S,t I'm s, to sh sI RT: ss%st f}ss; f. 5iss =:
more money on a horse than many club men
who are looked uIon as heavy bettsrs: Hi.
and he always dresses richly and in good taste.
HIS chief enjoyment however, Is q quiet little
They tell a story at Hiram's about several
roadside hotel after a visit Of, Inspection t to The
thoroughbreds at sheepshead Bay. While par
t camn e 81 ,a reire sdai eans q s;d iIri9 ~ rain storm storm
well sheltered. "
Let's have agame of draw. to pass away the
time" said one OF the party.
AL anFs Shs S'f pfop sssf T plsS o s. sss9 To- e BIT sltt Il:
u H"G guess %es All Albert easH VIII Ill., Join you" remarked a
silyer;haired turfman whose dollars run up into
Who Is Albert ?" inquired tho Kentuckian.
to the dwarf. who sat with his, back to tie party.
gazing ct Q horse picture on the wall.
Albert turned round at this. and In Q modest
way said that he had no objection to Join the
The voice struck the Kentuckian's ear with
astonlshment, and Alberts size, made the poker
R Ways to e ekss s sfRaa a b SjtA S ES easi..m "%' don't
silyer.haired turfman, WITH a look OF confidence
The game was soon in full blast. The Ken
tuckians made the cards sail round the table
Derby down over oSerai lis h,Dshe dIt to sh hss nt his
sTinsi II sas ss1 t. h sihH tarn. IL Hsf ios af Eli Hye a. sna
tens like q. little man In tho occasional bets he
made in the opening half hour Of the play.
Then luck began to turn in his favor. Within
nearly 5000 ahead. The Kentuckian who had
thar the others. Feeling 9 little nettled. he
p!aHBB sssis t Is r Tifiin ths l sald h sfS% go to 'lo0'
at times increasing his stock Of velvet until one
OF the party opened a Jack pot for 500. All
man who. was laying for pai Albert called ALE dr Tor one one
card. Albert took three, and the other players
5yo each. The boy bad next to ths last say;
last man said. ri raise You 500. my Boy"
This drove the other two out. The boy
peered a, his antagonist, and then placed $500
sie sHs an az e. s siSS Sst IL 2 cool way i 500 your
The, Kentuckian. hesitated a moment. and
the shsn 1d throwing %t hov r p his hand asked: How old
"Thirty-nine next birthday" piped Albert.
The kentuckian had drawn to q bob-tai
Hush. Albert held q pair OF eights.
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The Three BeIated Lawyers aad the Truth
ful Georgia Landlord.
From tie Atlanta Constitution.

EVV"s W. -
Not far. from the city OF Montgomery, In
the State Of Alabama, on one. Of. the roads run
lame q Ford IN fair irs wsst tHey or dsa foSl, IN y hard ard
sver possible. One bitter. stormy night, or
break. he was aroused from his slumbers by
turn dse OUT. bat s sns ta against r his si viii fo and de- de-
handed what was the mater. II WA dark as
tar, spd as he could see no one he cried out:
"Three lawyers from Montgomery" was the
answer. W are benighted and want to stay
"X!sTy sorry l a accommodate you SO far.
tSats 9%noss RS snythins to oblise YOU but
The lawyers, ior they were three Of the smart
s ssti Lawyers SsId n 4 the a., State; and . ready yb to drop With
could do no better and were too tired to go an
other step, they asked,
u. " oSsII. e aIs ! you sSod stable 11a .S Spr m horses and is give
""Oh, yes; can do that, gentlemen"
Our learned and legal friends, were soon Dry
Ing their wet clothes by a bright fire as they
Ing, hours In their chairs. doing and nodding,
and now and then swearing q word or two Of
imRatience Is they waited for daylight.
last tie sun, came along, and then in due time
the surprise Of the lawyers, who thought the
themselves sat down to ~partake.
full YOU couldn't give us a bed last nights
- didn't Say sS,n Ford replied,
tbenno VA ddiS Snn WHAT In the name OF thunder,
and said II would be impossible, for the
Won only wanted beds why didnt You q say so?t
Ees4 e sS Sas IT, and A' landlord alone had
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bio to occur at any time. because . player whs
suspects anything wrong will stop to count III
cards. and II. there are any missing the game n
."Hov was | capghtp. Well, ii. was rather a
funny incident, and l will relate Il. I was In q
game. apd we were working q fellow from
Texas. was palming the ace Of clubs whom
bis, deal started TO count the cards. Something
card on the floor. and for a moment / was
alarmed, almost. terrorized, but I had presence
OF mind enough to slip. the card between the
bread OF Q SANDWICH which i had ordered q few
card sandwich. It was pretty tough, but I
chewed for dear life, and BY the time the fellow
said there was a card missing. / sat there pickinG
my teeth, and, with as much complacency "a Il
could command, suggested that oil the players
be searched. 1 am not partial to a diet OF cards,
but 1 have, sometimes thought that sandwich
That reminds me. Of another incident that
shows the danger Of holding. Out. cards for a
Southern game. a certain Colonel detected .
player In the, act Of holding out. The Colonel
quietly took his knife and stabbed the player
through, the hand. pinning 1t to the table. and
t Yop e ssi a., ' IaeE Of G me; s tndsE ti but haSs.'s
Then you think that the novice has no show
TO- win In the game Of poker ?"
None whatever. In q perfectly fair game
skill alone wins, and 1t takes years to acquire
IT. In q, crooked game, and there Ia moro or
less work done In every game. Il Is out OF tho
9 Hn r. Ssss a9r o ev sn an aye rag ga%sster to win:
Of, which l have mentioned. A knowledge OF
all the various modes OF cheating Is a protoc-
ton, but the knowledge alone Is not sufficient
You must, know. how to do the work. and that
Is acquired only by long practice"
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ARE STAGE TIGHTS UNHsA1zHFU1 ,
Klralfy Says Even Women In Full Dress q
tho Stage Wear Then.

From the Philadelphia PreSG
Imre Kiralfy was found after rehearsal
yesterday afternoon in the green room Of the
Academy of Music and read a letter from
Miss Mary Show. Modjeska's leading lady,
which was published in the Lounger" Of tho
Sunday Press three weeks ago. He became at
once interested, because 1t was a denunciation
Of stage tights. Miss Show wrote that the best
Of physicians state that women who wear
tights constantly for four months become VIC
use OF tights makes them invalids, and. though
they go on with their parts. they are subjected
With ali respect to the lady. whom I have
not had the honor to meet. 1t Is simply ridicu-
tune was at the time, amusing a group OF bal
let girls at the far end Of the room with some
The renowned ballet master looked that way.
"JJ sass has ias y wSr1 them 4 SIX a5s y yea inva h. said,
good answer to your stimable correspondent"
They are much sought after. marry we'll. and
my only consolation H. In their husbands as:
surancss that they make the best Of wives and
Ballet sirls all live to a good age" ventured
"-Ma ass; T ssSk fH tho srsat. sls g aan s : sss
Elsler. Who died an aged lady, and there are
many more. l can tell you truthfully that dur
Ing the nineteen years I have had my company
In this country l have never had o case Of
sickness amongthem OF any kind.
!, can't say particularly admire flesh tights.
l In think 2 prettiSer effect is Ectten In some Of the
Show means all kinds Of tights. She Is mis-
taken: they are not injurious. and they do not
Babylon last summer at st. Georges. Staten
Island, l had $50 young women in tights In the
open air Prs snd al, eM5 Iss 6nsI;ts tf is a best Of health snam.
pie Of the fact that tights do not injure women.
Her mother was q German actress, her father
q clown In q circus. She has all the best quail
ties Of both. After six years training In tights
she is now one Of the liyeliest and p~rettlest
dancers at 10 l ever saw"
Kiralfy. first complimenting Miss Show upon
her interest In women OF the stage. said that
tights were absolutely o necessity.
said he." have to wear thom."
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Painful PredieAneut Of . Farmer Who
started 70 Tell Abeut his Rheumatism

Fainral Predieaueut Of . Farmer who
started 70 Tell About HIS Rheunstisn.
NORWICH, Dec. M.-One wet, windy morn
ing, which q slashing northeast wind rendered
moro dismal, . few days ago. q tall. angular.
knotty-framed farmer dropped into a local
newspaper ONCE to renew his subscription for
another year. He was what Is known a. " slab
sided Z" in Ledyard. the town which he hailed
from. He was fragrant with the fumes and
voluble with an overplus OF tho new rum OF
human kindness. Under one arm he carried .
huge rectangular bundle. wrapped In thick
brown paper. and corded with heavy black
strings. He had just begun to tell the
newspaper man who waited on him about
his rheumatism-a forty-year-old scauaint-
ance-what It had done for him. how It had
twisted three fingers Of one hand backward,
and doubled up two fingers and q thumb Of
the other hand forward. 80 that 1t was difficult
was wa a. a ring u init L that he Se sasialn hook loo Ht one Of tpf Ills
f SToPe into tDS sis r lesHIvhf Il Was = stt tSe sfea sSn infl
tone OF a cathedral bell, or. what is synomy-
m GsSs, a e mammoth Mnn si1. shssstnuts bell S|L;so,, n. anna
he began to count.
nine4it's this DdSuHminHeadi Old clock'," he in;terIpo,,
ineers..ten. eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
Al ~ AAko kAASCo VA Nhu VII
seventeen. eighteen. nineteen-the last time It
two-it ran her chock up ter 1l3-twenty-three.
twenty-fOur. TWENTY-FIVE. twenty-six-and then
got the poker-.twenty: seven. twenty-eight.
tSyentyG;ninsmssnd |smmed T. clean up inter her
thirty.three.that sorter fixed .her-thirty-
four, thirty-fve. thirty-six:-I bro't her In tor
day-thirty- seven. thirty-eight- ter hey her
a1sd.thirty. pine; forty.but the i%nfernal, idyit
three.haint helped her much as I see-forty-
four. forty-ave-waal. faint no use. she's got
one o. her turns-forty-six, forty-seven-an'
she's goin, ter strike her out-forty-eiRht, forty
nine-an' I might as we'll start for home-ffty,
fifty-one-now."
The farmer went out and slammed the door,
but the tones Of the clock came ringing back.
mufled by paper and the distance down the
went out. into the rain and wind and down the
street. AT, Schetucket and Main streets the
the strike evidently. Every one on the street
gazed about obviously. wondering whence the
sounds emanated. and wondering why the old
man was counting to himself. 1t was an old
fashioned clock, the owner had said; Q pet in
the family. It was set for an eiRht-day go-as-
music all the way ter Ledyard."
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DRAW POKER IN WASHINGTON
A kentucky sx-Menber's stsriss sf tAs
American Gane At the Capital.
From TIE Ptftsburuh Prem

American Game At the Capital.
From ne Pttsourph Press.
While gambling Is not carried to a. great
an extent as before the war. some pretty brisk
place one night las. wlntsrr st the residsnee q
to to ssit .sSe. AND was 1a S scoope sdf IL 5s Sy Z PSI Sis s% rsal e.
tate, man, The money was won on four queens,
.Hfpnny thing occurred at a game in a noted
Ing night, when a near-sis6tsd army ofaesr
! si iSiI R Ssn ! b se wen ISSasS K 81 Ps EPi I a ae saer sad T 4.
tempted to scoop In the pot discovered to hig
e etstaai mixed afse IL IN n The l pack. for sas tho }S, ses. S Il spad ass
and was thereby out some $500. which he would
A certain aged member from Pennsylvania
with his wife at home. he Is a poor player.
a ass e 70 TS afEy the In' b s,a sss{ SAX See 81 + S ss e Ssef. sh nS
select from them at his pleasure, After . game
. Nth pse p rs q +, h I9s ei SSsniR Whi IL 1 sSsr s0% e. S sH TAKE L.
stakes sa5 m, Being = f. snsi Ir Sitting ssn dST ,Rl h si soSE PA.
BE couldn't lose. The goddess Of, fortune
fiH%s and L even Rses W !Hl1'f Tie small Hsifa s tai s@i he f SSD3
to S s$s issi s :; IL /; II XVI x A. e ~ . p II; issss'ss sssa
anne: Retarnins liz iooF: he asked ssiA En-
MAKE mafs lis lis p Ssy;stTffk e st esn ssS lSld SS aewn f his
for that night. The venerable q. looked
sskance. and demanded what was the matter.
But you must. sir" said Mr.. H., getting red
In the face.
This, sirt. il my reason for not Wishing to pIaS
with you."a at the same time drawing from be-
hind Mr.. H's high. COLLAR the jack Of hearts.
than described. After an incoherent. exolama-
ton he sank back In his chair and actually
tainted away.
The matter was finally fixed up, and his OBJ
ponent. refusing to take back the money. Mr..
Mag d; se nleb It 1t to = th ao iady ma INA GER n 81 The ChIdI ;S
nor. and took q solemn vow never to touch
card again as long as he lives.
Some mischievous friend told the story to
Mrs. a.. and she has not yet got over her de-
at her husbands misfortune. and says 10
serves him right.
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Mrs. DabeiPs BiII for Pressins Berry wsu's
Trousers.
From the Waterbury american.
r-~@x nNa IN Co.

WASHINGTON, Dec; 1s.-some time ago.
while the original "Erminien company was
playine, an engagement here. WE Daboll. tho
lnimitabie RGre,Jnes 81 The cast. occupied at y
had lust been vacated by Berry Wall. After
Mr. Daboll had been In the room a couple Of
days a messehgeE game to him one morning,
trousers which he had forgotten on leaving.
me actor searched the closets, but found no
trousers. except his own. The messenger left,
the bod. MIR. Daboll searched and allowed the
be found.
A third time the messenger came, begging
pardon Tor giving the actor. SO much trouble.
Tho trousers. he said. would be found between
the mattresses In the bed, where Mr. wall had
placed them to be pressed! Mr.. Daboll turned
down the mattress. and there; sure enough.
iullyO and creased as nicely by being slept on
by l9Q-pound Actor Daboll rs they would have
been, by the most careful tailor. MIR. Daboll
laughed heartily at the King OF the dudes
~ to the messenger, Later he wrote the fol.
MI u. Berry Wal DIR, to w. 8. Daboll and
Nile. To pressing one pair OF trousers, Si.6O.a
TIE actor has as yet secured no settlemenh
With the king Of the dudes. IAUx